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Posted: 3/11/2016 11:58:40 PM EDT
Hey all I am looking for a Shandy recipe, having a neighborhood home brew competition this July and I am striking out on a Shandy recipe or even kit that would be good.

Thanks for any and all help.
Link Posted: 3/17/2016 1:32:25 PM EDT
[#1]
There is a reason why you are striking out. A shandy is typically a blend of lemonade and beer. Usually a light beer, a lager, or a wheat beer.

You could try making your own recipe, try aging the beer on sweet orange peels and lemon peels. Add sugar to the boil.  Try underpitching the yeast? I'm not sure how you end up making a sweet beer- maybe using some sweetener that the yeast can't metabolize.

I checked brewtoad and they had zero recipes for Shandy. Only a few places make a shandy-like beer. I think your best bet might be just making a light-bodied heffe with citrus flavors added.
Link Posted: 3/17/2016 2:56:57 PM EDT
[#2]
A quick search with Beersmith yielded about a dozen recipes.
Here is one:


Lemon Shandy

American Wheat or Rye Beer (6 D)



Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 7.37 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 6.24 gal
Final Bottling Vol: 4.25 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage


Date: 22 May 2014
Brewer: Kevin Morris
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Pot and Cooler (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain
Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 86.4 %
Taste Rating: 30.0


Taste Notes:



Ingredients


Amt

Name

Type

#

%/IBU

8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 57.1 %
6 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 2 42.9 %
1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 12.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 7.7 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 5 -
1.0 pkg Munich (Lallemand #-) [50.28 ml] Yeast 6 -


Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.076 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.019 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.5 %
Bitterness: 20.5 IBUs
Est Color: 4.5 SRM

Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Sparge Water: 4.68 gal
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE


Total Grain Weight: 14 lbs
Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Mash PH: 5.20

Mash Steps


Name

Description

Step Temperature

Step Time

Mash In Add 20.70 qt of water at 164.5 F 150.0 F 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 4.68 gal water at 168.0 F
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).



Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Keg
Pressure/Weight: 12.54 PSI
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 45.0 F
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage


Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Carbonation Used: Keg with 12.54 PSI
Age for: 30.00 days
Storage Temperature: 65.0 F


Notes



Created with  BeerSmith
Link Posted: 3/17/2016 3:10:53 PM EDT
[#3]
Agreed with the djkest above. Everything said is spot on. You can even go so far as to add lemonade in the fermenter but that would be a heavy dose of sugar, not sure how much potassium sorbate would be in the lemonade mix...probably not enough though.  
Either way, you can play with recipes and do things like at lactic acid and citrus peels to give a bite and make it refreshing..
Or maybe do a berlinner weiss with a shot of the raspberry syrup in each beer...Which I find to be one of the most refreshing beers of summer
Link Posted: 3/17/2016 10:47:25 PM EDT
[#4]
If I use lemonade with wheat beer where in the brew process would I add it?  Sorry still new to this
Link Posted: 3/18/2016 4:24:31 PM EDT
[#5]
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Quoted:
A quick search with Beersmith yielded about a dozen recipes.
Here is one:


Lemon Shandy

American Wheat or Rye Beer (6 D)



Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 7.37 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 6.24 gal
Final Bottling Vol: 4.25 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage


Date: 22 May 2014
Brewer: Kevin Morris
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Pot and Cooler (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain
Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 86.4 %
Taste Rating: 30.0


Taste Notes:



Ingredients


Amt

Name

Type

#

%/IBU

8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 57.1 %
6 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 2 42.9 %
1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 12.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 7.7 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 5 -
1.0 pkg Munich (Lallemand #-) [50.28 ml] Yeast 6 -


Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.076 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.019 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.5 %
Bitterness: 20.5 IBUs
Est Color: 4.5 SRM

Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Sparge Water: 4.68 gal
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE


Total Grain Weight: 14 lbs
Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Mash PH: 5.20

Mash Steps


Name

Description

Step Temperature

Step Time

Mash In Add 20.70 qt of water at 164.5 F 150.0 F 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 4.68 gal water at 168.0 F
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).


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There's something wrong with that recipe. It's like your brewing a 7.5% wheat beer, and then presumably adding lemonade- that step is never mentioned- unless I missed it somewhere.
It says something about final ABV being in the 4% range.
A traditional shandy is going to be in the 3% ABV range.

OP something like a cream ale might be to your liking as well. Here's a recipe I was looking at:
https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/orange-cream-ale-1
Link Posted: 3/18/2016 6:22:10 PM EDT
[#6]
Here's another with lemonade:

Summer Shandy

Specialty Beer (23 A)

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.52 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 5.98 gal
Final Bottling Vol: 4.60 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage


Date: 09 May 2015
Brewer: Kegging only recipe
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Pot and Cooler ( 5 Gal/19 L) - All Grain
Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.8 %
Taste Rating: 30.0


Taste Notes: Add Lemonaid at bottling for kegging only.



Ingredients

7 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 57.7 %
5 lbs 8.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 2 42.3 %
1.00 oz Fuggle [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 13.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 8.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg Munuch (Lallemand #- ) [50.28 ml] Yeast 5 -
2.00 gal Lemonaid (Bottling 0.0 mins) Water Agent 6 -


Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.071 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.7 %
Bitterness: 21.3 IBUs
Est Color: 4.4 SRM

Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Sparge Water: 1.99 gal
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE


Total Grain Weight: 13 lbs
Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Mash PH: 5.20


Mash In Add 16.25 qt of water at 163.7 F 152.0 F 60 min
Mash Out Add 9.10 qt of water at 200.7 F 168.0 F 10 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 1.99 gal water at 168.0 F
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).



Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Bottle
Pressure/Weight: 3.61 oz
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 70.0 F
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage


Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Carbonation Used: Bottle with 3.61 oz Corn Sugar
Age for: 30.00 days
Storage Temperature: 65.0 F
Link Posted: 3/18/2016 6:31:18 PM EDT
[#7]
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If I use lemonade with wheat beer where in the brew process would I add it?  Sorry still new to this
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